Bai Tou Weng Tang白頭翁湯
Pulsatilla Decoction
Autres nomsAnemone Combination
- Substances
- 4
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Composition
Principle herb for treating dysenteric disorders, relieves Fire toxin, especially at the Blood level, clears Damp-Heat and stops diarrhea.
for Damp-Heat or epidemic dysenteric disorders.Clears Damp-Heat, especially from the Stomach and Intestines.
Clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao.
assists Bai Tou Weng in clearing Damp-Heat and relieving dysentery.Astringes diarrhea, drains Damp-Heat and enhances the actions of the other herbs.
- Bai Tou Weng
- Huang Bai
for diarrhea or dysentery with tenesmus due to Damp-Heat.
Actions
- Eliminates Heat
- Eases toxicity
- Reduces Heat within the Blood
- Relieves dysenteric conditions
Syndromes traités
- Damp-Heat lodged in the Colon (Damp-Heat Dysentery)
- A hot dysenteric condition arising when Heat and toxin scorch the Stomach and Intestines
- A dysenteric disorder occurring at the Jue Yin Stage due to Heat
Manifestations
- Pain in the abdomen
- A straining sensation with bowel movements
- Burning felt around the anus
- A reddish-tinged leukorrheal discharge
- Loose stools in which blood predominates over pus
- Thirst accompanied by a wish to drink
- Possibly scanty, dark-colored urine
- Corps de la langue
- Red in color
- Enduit
- Yellow in hue
- Pouls
- Wiry in character and rapid in rate
Indications
- Enteritis, whether acute or chronic
- Dysenteric illness
- Sudden-onset eye conditions caused by Damp-Heat
- Dysentery caused by amoebae
- Inflammation of the colon
- Inflammation of the lungs
- Pink eye
- Pain in the abdominal region
- Diarrhea occurring as an AIDS/HIV complication
- Loss of appetite
- Inflammation of diverticula
- Colitis with ulceration
- Vaginal discharge
- Sudden-onset urinary tract infections
- Sudden-onset pink eye
- Enteritis occurring after childbirth
- Inflammation of the stomach and intestines
- Inflammatory disease of the pelvis
- A syndrome of bowel irritability
- Reduced urine output
- Loose, watery stools
- The inflammatory bowel condition Crohn's disease
- Heavy sweating
Modifications
When indigestion is present
When tenesmus occurs together with abdominal pain
When tenesmus is severe
In cases of severe tenesmus
Where tenesmus is pronounced
When urination is frequent
When Blood Deficiency is present
In cases involving coma and convulsions
When coma and convulsions occur
When amoebic dysentery is accompanied by nausea and vomiting
When amoebic dysentery presents with abdominal pain
When amoebic dysentery involves blood in the stool
When colitis has entered remission
- +Yan Hu Suo
- +Bai Zhu
- +Tao Ren
When pneumonia has damaged the Yin and body Fluids
When pelvic inflammatory disease occurs with bleeding after childbirth
When pelvic inflammatory disease is accompanied by spontaneous sweating from Qi Deficiency
When pelvic inflammatory disease presents with pain in the lower abdomen
When pelvic inflammatory disease is accompanied by loss of appetite
When dysentery is due to Toxic-Heat
When Toxic-Heat dysentery involves severe abdominal pain and cramping
When Toxic-Heat Exterior signs are present
When abdominal pain from Damp-Heat toxin is accompanied by fever
When abdominal pain from Damp-Heat toxin involves stool discharge with more mucus than blood
When abdominal pain from Damp-Heat toxin coincides with Spleen Deficiency
When acute bacillary dysentery is accompanied by coma, convulsions, or toxic shock
When there is a Wind-Cold attack with chills and fever
In cases of Wind-Cold invasion presenting chills and fever
When dysentery presents with dark, bloody stool
When the eyes are hot, swollen and painful
When fever and Heat are severe
When dysentery is accompanied by refusal to eat
- −Huang Bai
- +Dang Shen
- +Mai Men Dong
- +Shi Lian Zi
- +Shi Chang Pu
When bacillary dysentery is present
When amoebic dysentery is present
In cases of amoebic dysentery
Where amoebic dysentery occurs
When amoebic dysentery presents with high fever and aversion to Cold
When colitis is acute
When pneumonia results from Wind-Heat attacking the Lungs
- +Xing Ren
- +Ma Huang
- +Yu Xing Cao
- +Da Qing Ye
When pneumonia involves Heat at both the Qi and Blood levels
- +Sheng Di Huang
- +Xuan Shen
- +Sha Shen
- +Dan Shen
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
When pelvic inflammatory disease is accompanied by Stomach Heat
When pelvic inflammatory disease involves Fluid Accumulation in the pelvis
When pelvic inflammatory disease presents with dry stool
When Toxic-Heat dysentery involves muscle spasms, cramping, or convulsions
When Toxic-Heat dysentery presents with watery, bloody diarrhea
When abdominal pain arises from Damp-Heat toxin
When abdominal pain from Damp-Heat toxin involves stool discharge with more blood than mucus
When abdominal pain from Damp-Heat toxin is accompanied by pronounced tenesmus
When abdominal pain from Damp-Heat toxin coincides with Liver Qi Stagnation
When acute bacillary dysentery is present
- +Huang Lian
- +Mu Dan Pi
- +Chi Shao
- +Di Yu
- +Ge Gen
Précautions
- Not for prolonged use.
- Not to be used by patients with Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency.